Avanquest, the French-owned software publisher, has added Sun's StarOffice 8 to its roster.

The company will flog the desktop office suite through download stores on its sundry European country websites. And it will wholesale the boxed version to "more than 5,000 retail outlets" accross Europe, kicking off at the end of the month.

Avanquest has set UK retail pricing at £69.99. ®